Cursive stopped by the Daytrotter studios recently and recorded a few tracks including “Sierra” from The Ugly Organ as well as two new tracks, “Donkeys” and “Let Me Up” which will likely appear on their upcoming album. Head over to Daytrotter now to snag the downloads and explore the rest of this great site.

Cursive have announced a gig at NYC’s Mercury Lounge on June 3rd. The band, who are recording their follow up to Happy Hollow, will be playing “95 percent” new material at this show.  For more info, hit up the club’s site.

 If you have nothing to do this weekend, I highly suggest you hop on Metro North and head up to SUNY Purchase for their annual Culture Shock spring concert. The two-day event features a ton of great bands, including Polar Bear Club, The Atlas Sound, El-P, Fucked Up, Deerhoof, Cursive, among many others. Full info here.

Thursday have posted the video for “Ladies and Gentlemen: My Brother, The Failure,” one of three new tracks off their CD/DVD Kill The House Lights. The song features guest vocals from Tim Kasher of Cursive fame. The video directed by Travis Kopach (Lifetime) features some huge bugs! Think Joe’s Apartment, not Starship Troopers.http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21943637

Clint Schnase has officially retired from Cursive according to an announcement on their MySpace page and has been officially replaced by none other than Cornbread Compton (Engine Down). Earlier this year when Cursive opened the Mastodon / Against Me! tour and headlined Siren Festival we took note that Cornbread was behind the kit, but with no real annoucement why Clint was not touring. Cornbread actually added some different drum fills / stylings to some of the tracks live and his addition to the band could be interesting. We wish Clint the best of luck.

Cursive will be releasing a new single on 12″ vinyl for “Bad Sects” from Happy Hollow on November 6. Tracklisting and artwork after the jump.
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